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Cap'n Bill

also Cap'n

Cap'n Bill is an old, one-legged sailor who is Trot's devoted companion.

First named in The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 1

said Cap'n Bill, as he sat beside Trot under the big acacia tree, looking out over the blue ocean, "seems to me, Trot, as how the more we know, the more we find we don't know."

Names in the books

What the books say it is

  • origin a sailor sucked with Trot down a whirlpool into the farthest depths of the ocean 1 chapter
    • Whirling like tops, but still clinging together, the sailor and the girl were separated from their boat and plunged down--down--down--into the farthermost recesses of the great ocean.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 2
  • age not so very old 1 chapter
    • Not so very old, although his hair was grizzled--what there was of it. Most of his head was bald as an egg and as shiny as oilcloth, and this made his big ears stick out in a funny way. His eyes had a gentle look and were pale blue in color, and his round face was rugged and bronzed.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 1
  • colour gray 1 chapter
  • hair grizzled, mostly bald 1 chapter
    • Not so very old, although his hair was grizzled--what there was of it. Most of his head was bald as an egg and as shiny as oilcloth, and this made his big ears stick out in a funny way. His eyes had a gentle look and were pale blue in color, and his round face was rugged and bronzed.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 1
  • eyes gentle, pale blue 1 chapter
    • Not so very old, although his hair was grizzled--what there was of it. Most of his head was bald as an egg and as shiny as oilcloth, and this made his big ears stick out in a funny way. His eyes had a gentle look and were pale blue in color, and his round face was rugged and bronzed.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 1
  • appearance one wooden leg and one meat leg 1 chapter
  • appearance rugged and bronzed 1 chapter
    • Not so very old, although his hair was grizzled--what there was of it. Most of his head was bald as an egg and as shiny as oilcloth, and this made his big ears stick out in a funny way. His eyes had a gentle look and were pale blue in color, and his round face was rugged and bronzed.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 1
  • wears a wooden leg 1 chapter
    • He wore a wooden leg to replace the one he had lost and was a great friend of all the children in Oz because he could whittle all sorts of toys out of wood with his big jack-knife.
      Glinda of Oz, ch. 14

Appears in

The Scarecrow of Oz (17 of 24 chapters)
Rinkitink in Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
The Lost Princess of Oz (1 of 26 chapters)
The Magic of Oz (8 of 23 chapters)
Glinda of Oz (1 of 24 chapters)

Mentioned in

The Scarecrow of Oz (5 of 24 chapters)
The Lost Princess of Oz (3 of 26 chapters)
The Magic of Oz (6 of 23 chapters)
Glinda of Oz (3 of 24 chapters)
The Royal Book of Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
The Giant Horse of Oz (1 of 20 chapters)

Connections

  • friend of Ork 1 chapter
  • friend of Trot 1 chapter
    • This sailor-man was named Cap'n Bill, and he had accompanied Trot to the Land of Oz and was her oldest and most faithful comrade and friend.
      The Magic of Oz, ch. 5
  • travels with Ork 1 chapter
    • Trot and Cap'n Bill listened to this recital with much interest, and from the friendly tone and harmless appearance of the Ork they judged he was not likely to prove so disagreeable a companion as at first they had feared he might be.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 3
  • travels with Trot 1 chapter
    • Cap'n Bill and Trot decided to walk through the forest, to discover what was on the other side of it, but the Ork's feet were still so sore and "lumpy" from walking on the rocks that the creature said he preferred to fly over the tree-tops and meet them on the other side.
      The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 4
  • travels with Uncle Henry 1 chapter
    • The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman paired together in one tent and so did Jack Pumpkinhead and the Shaggy Man, Cap'n Bill and Uncle Henry, Tik-Tok and Professor Wogglebug.
      Glinda of Oz, ch. 20

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